Government indicates printing of Rs 2,000 notes stopped for now; sufficient currency in circulation
PTI | Updated: Jan 4, 2019, 14:48 ISTHighlights
- Economic affairs secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said printing of notes is planned as per the projected requirement
- He said: 'We have more than adequate notes of Rs 2,000 in the system with over 35 per cent of notes by value in circulation being of Rs 2,000'
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NEW DELHI: The government on Friday indicated that printing of Rs 2,000 bank notes, introduced post-demonetisation in November 2016, has been stopped for now as there is enough stock in circulation.
In a tweet, economic affairs secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said printing of notes is planned as per the projected requirement.
"We have more than adequate notes of Rs 2,000 in the system with over 35 per cent of notes by value in circulation being of Rs 2,000.
"There has been no decision regarding 2,000 rupee note production recently," the secretary said.
Soon after the sudden decision to ban old Rs 500/1,000 currency notes by the government, the Reserve Bank had come out with the Rs 2,000 note along with a new look Rs 500 note as part of its massive remonetisation exercise.
The old 500, 1,000 bank notes that were scrapped in November 2016 accounted for around 86 per cent of the total currency in circulation at that time.
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In a tweet, economic affairs secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said printing of notes is planned as per the projected requirement.
"We have more than adequate notes of Rs 2,000 in the system with over 35 per cent of notes by value in circulation being of Rs 2,000.
"There has been no decision regarding 2,000 rupee note production recently," the secretary said.
Printing of notes is planned as per the projected requirement. We have more than adequate notes of Rs 2000 in the s… https://t.co/5guXnL64VL
— Subhash Chandra Garg (@SecretaryDEA) 1546582285000Soon after the sudden decision to ban old Rs 500/1,000 currency notes by the government, the Reserve Bank had come out with the Rs 2,000 note along with a new look Rs 500 note as part of its massive remonetisation exercise.
The old 500, 1,000 bank notes that were scrapped in November 2016 accounted for around 86 per cent of the total currency in circulation at that time.
Read this story in Bengali
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